cool FAQ, but 10/25 is $2500 min

Nobody's perfect There's bound to be some info that's not exactly right, so feel free to point out any errors.

ETA: 1 section that's really lacking details is tournaments. Eventually I'd like to breakdown the dailies with some often-asked info (average # of runners, etc). So if anybody can help in that regard it'd be appreciated.

if you put the average # of runners, 90% of posts in this thread will disappear!

who is down to start 5/10 NL/PLO H half and half game with me when i get back from vegas? - aaismyfriend on GS's comp

Jeff and I were playing 5/10 NL 2/5 PLO split heads up on Wednesday from like 5 AM to 8 AM, I would be all for getting a game like this started

In obv, you guys were playing HU?

Going back a few years ago before the union, there was a vote that included the separation of poker ( amongst other things I can't remember at the moment). It was about to pass until management said there were computer errors. We'll see if this one actually happens.

nice FAQ, as per lattimer adding the daily tournament info would be helpful as well

Is there a nightly or afternoon tourney at foxwoods today? $120 mtt at 6pm i think? am i wrong?

The website says yes!

http://www.foxwoods.com/uploadedFile...lySchedule.pdf

Before the Union was voted in, the separation was the closest its ever been... I think at that point in time the separation would of happened but union kinda ruined it... But now almost 2 yrs later the Union is fighting for separation and trying to get things settled as in fair table assignments for everyone, how many dead spreads are open, dual rate dealers who floor supervise alot of times have a chance to demote themselves to full time dealing again and such. Its not just vote and it will happen, there's alot in consideration of what may happpen.
Alot of dealers will starve, even if they are average to great dealers only due to the fact that during the week its mostly regulars in the place who are miserable 7 days a week. I wish them all the best cause that poker room does have some very good dealers.
The good ones still get picked on, don't hate them... appreciate them. THey're there trying to earn some hard bucks and if you think they made a mistake just ask... they have rules to follow which are house rules.

How many of you out there that currently usually dont tip or tip a buck a hand will actually tip a dealer more if they're good and do keep their own tips???

I would tip more to the good dealers and less to the bad ones, and I know a lot of other people who feel the same way

We didn't want the game to break before the daytime nits arrived

hows the structure for the megastacks in august? i saw it on the website, the 4 main events seem to give a decent amount of play. looks like they also have a poker rate for the hotels. do they offer sit n go satellites to the final event? seems like they offered 300 dollar multi table ones only.

Nope the only satellites are MTTs. You can just play a normal SnG and use the cash to buy-in though.

And on average you think at least 65% of them are considered good dealers? Just that i know alot of them and am friendly they're mostly worried that people always say that yeah they would tip more if they kept their own but once that happens people won't at all.

Don't dealers who keep their own tips make more and isn't that why you're better off in LV if you're a dealer?

I really wouldn't worry about this if you're a good dealer.

If dealers get to keep their own tips then I will be rewarding the good ones and giving the bad ones incentive to get better... it's a win win scenario for everyone but the bad dealers imo

How are these nightly guarantees? Are they soft? What is the payout structure like?

Just in case you're wondering, if a good dealer doesn't break $150 per shift it won't be worth it for them to keep their own. Even being a good dealer. Just sayin.

That's $25/hr worked. Should be easily attainable by the good dealers, even with the occasional dead spread.

I would play. You might have better luck spreading this if you do 5-10nl and 2-5 plo. I have gotten 2-5 plo going a bunch of times at foxwoods but 5-10 plo very rarely.

The vote took place long before the union was even talked about. It was a vote with both poker and TG dealers. It was going to pass easily because the TG dealers wanted it to happen. The reason it didn't was as I said,management came back and said it was a computer error. Speculation was management didn't want that to happen so they used the whole computer error as their excuse. Reason being they didn't want to pay floors more.

the vote is being run by the union now so management can't claim a problem with the computers. 50% +1 of the poker dealers who vote have to vote yes and 50% of the table games dealers who vote have to vote yes. I agree that a lot of those who claim they will tip good dealers more will do so for a few weeks but that will die down quickly. I think its a good thing for the casino and for the players as well. Just remember to take care of the good dealers or they'll leave and you'll be left with the mediocre/bad dealers. Breaking $150 a shift isn't going to be the easiest thing either. You say $25/hr shouldn't be hard but you have to remember dealers get 1.5 hours dealing every 2 hours. Throw a dead spread and a low tipping game like 75/150 stud or lately 5-10 nl (used to be a game that took care of the dealers) then you can see how easy it could be to not hit that mark.

You get the idea. If you play anything other than 1-2 or 2-5nl count the dealers tokes during a down and see just how little it can be during most days. Nice FAQ also but 5/10 LHE should be an occasional not a daily and $100's play on all NL tables. Most bills are accepted on other tables

I took into account dealer breaks ($25/hr worked -> $150 for 8 hour shift [6 hrs worked, 2 hrs break]). As just a low stakes nl player though I'm somewhat oblivious to the tipping practices at the other games. You'd know better than I